Politicians across OC and one in San Diego are citing the corruption scandal in Anaheim as a cautionary tale and calling for reforms in their own cities.
Category: Anaheim
Anaheim, Orange County’s largest city and home to the Disneyland Resort and Angel Stadium, has about 340,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the resort district and policing.
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Anaheim’s Hotel Worker $25 Minimum Wage Ballot Measure on Track to Fail
About two thirds of voters who casted a ballot in the special election were against a $25 an hour wage increase for hotel workers in Anaheim – a city reeling from a public corruption scandal.
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Anaheim Election Night Results: Will Hotel Workers Get a $25 Minimum Wage?
Here’s a look at the initial tally’s on the minimum wage measure for hotel and event workers in Anaheim, known as Measure A.
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Two OC Cities Consider Increasing Transparency on City Manager Spending
Anaheim and Tustin politicians are exploring increasing transparency around how city managers spend taxpayer dollars after Anaheim’s public corruption scandal and a Voice of OC investigation.
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Former Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman Dead at 43
The former councilman had a controversial tenure in public office, known as a staunch advocate of Disneyland resort interests and the controversial and ill-fated attempt to sell off Angel Stadium.
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Anaheim Voters Consider $25 Minimum Wage on Hotel Workers
Voters in Anaheim will decide Tuesday whether to increase the minimum wage for hotel and event workers amid strikes and the continued fallout from public corruption.
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Anaheim Tightens Electronic Device Policy After Probe Finds Disregard for Records Law
City officials are also moving to keep emails for two years now, instead of the 90-day window that’s currently in place and require staff to use government devices for city business.
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Can Anaheim Residents Really Turn Their City Hall Around?
A series of community forums is raising troubling questions about whether city residents can really push their local politicians to regulate themselves.
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Classroom, Church and State: Anaheim Officials Side With Residents, Block Charter School
In a rare late night move, Anaheim city council members rejected a developer’s proposal to convert a church into a school after residents raised safety concerns.
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Will Mickey Mouse Continue to Cast a Big Shadow Over Anaheim’s Election Campaigns?
In recent years, Disney has become one of the biggest spenders in local politics, pumping millions into every race for a city hall that has increasingly grown friendlier to the resort.
